Window scaffold or seat.



No.1 802,503. PATENTED 00124, 1905. J. B. GAGNON.

WINDOW SUAFFOLD OR SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 7,1904

2 SHBETSSHEET 1- No. 802,503. PATENTED 06124, 1905. J. E. GAGNON.

WINDOW SCAFFOLD OR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1904.

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WINDOW SCAFFOLD OH SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed July '7, 1904. Serial No. 215,669.

. To a, 'LI/h07711 it may concern.-

Be it known that LJosnrn EUGENE GAeNoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Vvestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWVindow Scaffolds or Seats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in window scafiolds or seats of that class designed to facilitate a person in washing the outer sides of windows.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive device of this character which may be easily and quickly adjusted to lit any size or shape of window-sill.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved window seaffold and seat. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an outer end elevation. Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one of the window sill engaging arms or members. Figs. 5, 6. and 7 are side elevations of the scaffold and seat adjusted in different position to fit window-sills of different sizes and shapes.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a window-sill of well-known form, and 2 my improved scaffold, which comprises a seat 3, front supporting arms or members 1, and rear supporting arms or members 5. The seat 3, which is preferably in the form of a rectangular board of hard wood, is supported at its inner or front end by the arms 4, each of which consists of a straight portion 6, a curved or hook-shaped portion 7, and a short straight portion 8, which is disposed in a plane at right angles to said portion 6. The portions 6 of the arms may be adjustably secured to the seat 3 in any suitable manner; but I preferably form them with a longitudinal slot 9, through which and a series of openings in the seat are passed bolts 10, as shown. By means of this connection the seat may be adjusted longitudinally upon the arms of the window-sill.

1, according to the width of the inner portion The hook portions 7 and 8 of the arms are adapted to engage the inner side of the window-sill, the portion 7 extending around the usual inwardly-projecting ledge upon the upper portion of the sill and the portion 8 bearing against the inner vertical portion of the sill. In order to prevent the portion 8 from marring the woodwork, I may cover the same with a strip of leather or other suitable material 1.1. This strip of leather may be secured in any suitable man nor; but 1 preferably attach it by means of rivets 12, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to prevent all possibility of the arms slipping, I provide their inner portions 7 and 8 with a series of serew-threaded openings 13, through any one of which a set-screw 1 1 may be passed. The setscrew has a pointed inner end which is adapted to engage the inner side of the sill when it is necessary in order to prevent the arm from slipping off of the window-sill. These set screws, however, are only used when the window-sill has no outwardly-projecting ledge, since the hook portion 7 is of suflicient size to project over and under said ledge. If desired, I may secure upon the inner side of the window-sill apertured metallic plates, into which the pointed ends of the set-screws 14 may be screwed, and thus prevent any marring of the woodwork.

The rear portion of the seat is supported by two pairs of adjustably-connected supporting arms or members 5, each pair of which comprises a straight metallic bar 15 and a curved or semicircular metallic bar 16. Each of these supporting bars or members is formed with a series of openings 17 which are arranged at suitable distances apart. Through any of these apertures 17 screws or other fastening means 18 may be passed to adjustably secure the said bars upon the sides of the seat 3. Each of said screws 18 may be screwed into any one of a series of openings or recesses 19, formed in the sides of the seat 3, in order to permit the bars 15 and 16 to be adjusted upon said seat. The bars or members 15 and 16 of each pair are adjustably connected by a rod 20, the ends of which are passed through any two alining openings 17 in said bars, as shown. Each end of said rod 20 is screw-threaded, as at 21, to receive two clamping-nuts 22 23, between which nuts the bars or members 15 and 16 are securely held.

It will be seen that the bars or members 15 and 16 may be secured together at any desired point and also at any desired point upon the sides of the seat 3, so that their lower ends may engage the upper and outer faces of the window-sill at any desired place.

-In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the drawings I have shown the seat adjusted upon a common form of Window-sill used in frame houses, while in Figs. 6 and 7 the parts are shown adjusted upon a common form of Window-sill used in brick or stone houses.

While I have shown in the drawings but a few different adjustments of the device, it will be understood that the bars or members 15 and 16 may be adjusted in many other different positions to accommodate the device to Window-sills of any description.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention Will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described window-seat consisting of a seat, slotted hook-arms adjustably secured upon said seat at opposite sides thereof and adapted to engage the inner side of a window-sill to support the front end of said seat, set-screws in the hooks of said arms, and means for supporting the rear end of said seat consisting of a perforated semicircular bar, and a perforated straight bar, said bars being adjustably connected together through registering perforations, and adjustably connected to the seat, one pair upon each side of said seat, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH EUGENE GAGNON.

W'itnesses:

HOWARD L. 7001), FRANK S. PALMER. 

